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policy, which is hands down much more popular than any recent president in time, that foreign policy is not being effective and the president has a clear advantage in the campaign on this issue. >> sw joel ruben thank you for your time. thank you. >> the supreme court begins a new term today and it tops our look at stories around the news nation. the nation's highest court is taking on the high profile issues among them affirmative action in school admissions process, the voting rights act of 1965 and federal recognition of same-sex marriage. next week the supreme court is expected to hear arguments on the affirmative action case which is based on a texas student's claim that she was denied admission to the university of texas because she's white. and police in tennessee are searching for two missing children, a 9-year-old and her 7-year-old brother. both children mysteriously vanished after their grandparents home was burned to the ground south of nashville last sunday. they were originally presumed dead in the fire. police issued an amber alert. no leads. >>> and our "news nation"
policy, which is hands down much more popular than any recent president in time, that foreign policy is not being effective and the president has a clear advantage in the campaign on this issue. >> sw joel ruben thank you for your time. thank you. >> the supreme court begins a new term today and it tops our look at stories around the news nation. the nation's highest court is taking on the high profile issues among them affirmative action in school admissions process, the voting...
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clearly, susan rice and other foreign policies were of obama, not clinton during those primaries. hillary clinton has been pitch perfect on working out her relationship with her former advisors. even though it was in the white house. >> you're at bay right now. what do you think? did it come down to two? and, therefore, is it kerry's? ha is something completely unforseen. i think john kerry will be nominated and i cannot imagine him being confirmed. but, then, we said that about john tower. no comparison. >> let me just make my point. i know you're laughing shlgs and we don't want to be wasted on this. when committee chairman then become nominated, they're colleagues with great difference. but you never know what you don't know. john kerry is completely qualified. healthy, despite, you know, a scare back in '04. and we can imagine a very quick and easy confirmation. >> yeah, far better than this, an dree ya. i'm enjoying one as pekts of the way you said something. do you think this is a much better point of view than having to put up for defense? it would be much more central to t
clearly, susan rice and other foreign policies were of obama, not clinton during those primaries. hillary clinton has been pitch perfect on working out her relationship with her former advisors. even though it was in the white house. >> you're at bay right now. what do you think? did it come down to two? and, therefore, is it kerry's? ha is something completely unforseen. i think john kerry will be nominated and i cannot imagine him being confirmed. but, then, we said that about john...
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here's what he said slamming the president on foreign policy. by failing to maintain the elements of our influence and stepping away from our alleys, president obama has heightened the prospect of conflict and instability. he does not understand an american policy that lacks resolve can provoke aggression. the arab spring presented an opportunity to help move millions of people from oppression to freedom, but it also presented grave risks. we needed a strategy for success, but the president offered none. and now he seeks to down play the significance of the calamities of the past few weeks. steve, does he have a point? >> no. what's the old saying? that dog won't hunt. i don't think you can criticize barack obama on his foreign policy achievements. it's a tough world out there. it's complicated. things don't always happen the way we want them to, but they have done a terrific job of handling very difficult situations. they killed osama bin laden. i think they have a record to stand on that the president can proudly go to the debates and argue wi
here's what he said slamming the president on foreign policy. by failing to maintain the elements of our influence and stepping away from our alleys, president obama has heightened the prospect of conflict and instability. he does not understand an american policy that lacks resolve can provoke aggression. the arab spring presented an opportunity to help move millions of people from oppression to freedom, but it also presented grave risks. we needed a strategy for success, but the president...
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it's good to be with you. >> i want to talk about the president's foreign policy in a moment. in was a very big day for secretary clinton. high stakes when she made -- they made the decision to send her there. she's been able to help facilitate this historic announcement. >> comprehensive piece for all the people of the region. now we have to focus -- >> congresswoman, so this -- let's talk a little about what this day means for the secretary as she potentially looks at a run in 2016 but potentially is looking at the end of her time at the state department. >> well, i think today actually highlighted exactly why hillary clinton is a leader. i mean, the secretary of state did what she needed to do. she went in there. she brokered the conversations that had -- were the groundwork that had been laid by the president and did it in a very deliberative and thoughtful manner which is the way she's conducted herself and our foreign policy over the last four years. it was a proud moment, too. we didn't quite know what to expect from president morsi, but he -- and she was able to give h
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. >> ifill: can i ask about foreign policy? we had vin weber and norm coleman here earlier, foreign policy advisors to the romney campaign and we asked why there wasn't more conversation about foreign policy and they said, oh, well, we have to talk about the economy. this is what the foreign policy adviser said. you would think they would say well, we have something to say. >> national security has always been historically a great republican advantage. it is not now. i mean, barack obama gets the highest marks of any-- 54% approve of his handling of our foreign policy. so that's basically off the table. and, plus, you have in mitt romney and paul ryan, two men with basically no foreign policy national defense credentials. so talking about it is not their strong suit. >> i think that's good news. we have a foreign policy bipartisan consensus almost in this country. there are differences here and there. but you take the last five years of the bush administration and the three and a half years of the obama administration, you can
. >> ifill: can i ask about foreign policy? we had vin weber and norm coleman here earlier, foreign policy advisors to the romney campaign and we asked why there wasn't more conversation about foreign policy and they said, oh, well, we have to talk about the economy. this is what the foreign policy adviser said. you would think they would say well, we have something to say. >> national security has always been historically a great republican advantage. it is not now. i mean, barack...
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but they're unwilling to do it for our president on the foreign policy stage because there's still, despite the fact we're on the other side of the election, they're still battling this president. >> now, margie, it can seems that the mr. romney, the former governor, is in denial. i mean, let me quote, give you a quote that he said on the call to donors. he says we are still having a hard time just contemplating what could have been versus what is and it just doesn't seem real. we're still in the stage of denial at my house. we still think the campaign is going on." what do you make of that? >> i can appreciate ta that call was a difficult call for him to lead. undoubtedly. nonetheless, the comment that he made, the gifts comments is completely consistent with the 47% comment. it's consistent with paul ryan's 30% comment. it's consistent not just a single comment here or there. the entire republican romney/ryan platform, the hot red rick, the makers versus takers language that we've seen from them. and this is really a gift for republicans, this gifts line because it allows them or gives th
but they're unwilling to do it for our president on the foreign policy stage because there's still, despite the fact we're on the other side of the election, they're still battling this president. >> now, margie, it can seems that the mr. romney, the former governor, is in denial. i mean, let me quote, give you a quote that he said on the call to donors. he says we are still having a hard time just contemplating what could have been versus what is and it just doesn't seem real. we're...
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., 2004 foreign policy adviser to john kerry, 19 '93 to 2001 an official in the clinton administration, a rhodes scholar, went to sanford, a ph.d. from oxford university. yet when you hear conservatives talk about her being incompetent and unqualified, look at these conserve ty statements and see how you put that up against her resume. >> what she said was absolutely and completely misleading, either inadvertently, in which casist complete incompetence. >> i don't think she deserves to be promoted. there are a lot of qualified people in this country the president could pick. >> susan rice should have known better. if she didn't know better, she's not qualified. if this committee clears of of any wrongdoing, other than not being very bright because it was, quote, not a flash mob. >> not very bright, not competent, shouldn't be promoted, not qualified. >> all code words. these words i've been hearing all my life. i would hire one of them, a qualified one. this lady is as qualified as anybody that's ever served in government. and i think it's time for these people to stop this foolishness
., 2004 foreign policy adviser to john kerry, 19 '93 to 2001 an official in the clinton administration, a rhodes scholar, went to sanford, a ph.d. from oxford university. yet when you hear conservatives talk about her being incompetent and unqualified, look at these conserve ty statements and see how you put that up against her resume. >> what she said was absolutely and completely misleading, either inadvertently, in which casist complete incompetence. >> i don't think she deserves...
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we'll have a foreign policy debate later in this election. these are important issues. not just from a foreign policy standpoint, one of the reasons that we have huge deficits is that we have these unpaid wars. the voters also view these foreign issues through a prism of the economy. >> david plouffe, thank you very much. >>> we'll be right back with our powerhouse roundtable in just 60 seconds. it's something you're born with. and inspires the things you choose to do. you do what you do... because it matters. at hp we don't just believe in the power of technology. we believe in the power of people when technology works for you. to dream. to create. to work. if you're going to do something. make it matter. >>> quick change there. george will is off today. but we're joined by donna brazile on the roundtable. matthew dowd. maggie haberman of politico. two former party chairman. former vermont governor, howard dean for the democrats. and former governor haley barbour for the republicans. matthew dowd, let me begin with you, and setting the stage where the race is right now
we'll have a foreign policy debate later in this election. these are important issues. not just from a foreign policy standpoint, one of the reasons that we have huge deficits is that we have these unpaid wars. the voters also view these foreign issues through a prism of the economy. >> david plouffe, thank you very much. >>> we'll be right back with our powerhouse roundtable in just 60 seconds. it's something you're born with. and inspires the things you choose to do. you do...
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american foreign policy needs moral clarity and firmness of purpose. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney is talking about the recommitment about the killing of chris stevens and the three others killed tuesday. >> he wants the assailants brought to justice. >> reporter: the americans living in the area where is the protests are occurring are being advised to leave the state department in benghazi which has been evacuated. reporting live in washington, danielle lee, nbc bay area news. >> you can continue to follow the story on our web site at nbcbayarea.com and we will have the latest details as the story continues to develop. >>> developing news. two universities in different parts of the country after bomb threats lead to mass evacuation orders. officials at the university of texas in austin issued an alert this morning asking students and staff to clear out immediately. this after a caller claimed to be with al qaeda and said he placed bombs all over campus. so far no bombs have been found. north dakota states and fargo ordered evacuations there. >>> back in the bay area, an
american foreign policy needs moral clarity and firmness of purpose. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney is talking about the recommitment about the killing of chris stevens and the three others killed tuesday. >> he wants the assailants brought to justice. >> reporter: the americans living in the area where is the protests are occurring are being advised to leave the state department in benghazi which has been evacuated. reporting live in washington, danielle...
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today governor romney turning his campaign spotlight to foreign policy. he blasted president obama, accusing the president of failing to do his job as commander in chief. >> when we look at the middle east today, with iran closer than ever to nuclear weapons capability, with the conflict in syria threatening to destabilize the region, and with violent extremists on the march, with an american ambassador and three others dead, likely at the hands of al-qaeda affiliates, it's clear that the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office. i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more prosperous middle east allied with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. >> greta: former state department official liz cheney joins us. good evening, liz. >> hi, greta. good to be with you. >> greta: what do you think governor romney was seeking to achieve today, andde? >> a couple of things. first off, point out the very fundamental differences between his approach to leadership and national security and president obama's
today governor romney turning his campaign spotlight to foreign policy. he blasted president obama, accusing the president of failing to do his job as commander in chief. >> when we look at the middle east today, with iran closer than ever to nuclear weapons capability, with the conflict in syria threatening to destabilize the region, and with violent extremists on the march, with an american ambassador and three others dead, likely at the hands of al-qaeda affiliates, it's clear that the...
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agee h rmeth pe,n g tioodothab foreign policy and america's stature overseas? >> welcome i think they worry about national security, especially in the years since 11. that has been a major item on thameran anda. tom i ilab omkvt their number one concern seems to be the concern of jobs and the jobs must be at the top of the ticket. ine x has been acag mnams iis l oukihiou est a'ip of the economy and much more about looking ahead in sing that mitt romney can do a better job in terms of generating those jobs quickly and getting a spu.ectory of the recovery to jon: when mitt romney made his speech at the virginia military institute, he pointed to a lot of the president promises on foreign policy and what he calls failures or mistakes and essentially said that tis le afurs ihaleft us less and dohaso wvtrs >> i think that he is wrong that debt and deficit is number one jobs is uw. aa e a es amongst the administration, number two, it does hamper obama's ability to press his advantage on foreign policy, which he did hav because of the modern and otheris itoio in rang t
agee h rmeth pe,n g tioodothab foreign policy and america's stature overseas? >> welcome i think they worry about national security, especially in the years since 11. that has been a major item on thameran anda. tom i ilab omkvt their number one concern seems to be the concern of jobs and the jobs must be at the top of the ticket. ine x has been acag mnams iis l oukihiou est a'ip of the economy and much more about looking ahead in sing that mitt romney can do a better job in terms of...
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it's foreign policy debate not episode of "the a team." romney had one job, to convince the american people he could do the job. obama's job was to convince romney he couldn't. i think that he failed at that. i think rom knew yesterday where the obama camp would go, to paint him as a warmonger. he knew where they would throw the ball. he looked like a dove. he played that very, very well. i thought he was very appealing to women. and to independents. he's very interesting, romney. last night, barack obama was trying to reach to his base. if you're 14 days out from an election and still worried about your base, you have very big problems. >> eric: bob, do you see it same way? >> i see it the way every poll showed it, that obama won. when charles krauthammer says strategic, i don't know what is strategic about what romney said in that debate. the guy was outclassed when it came to substance. he said we should not announce date for withdrawal from afghanistan and he did. he stuck to 2014 like the president of the united states had. when you w
it's foreign policy debate not episode of "the a team." romney had one job, to convince the american people he could do the job. obama's job was to convince romney he couldn't. i think that he failed at that. i think rom knew yesterday where the obama camp would go, to paint him as a warmonger. he knew where they would throw the ball. he looked like a dove. he played that very, very well. i thought he was very appealing to women. and to independents. he's very interesting, romney....
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and tied in with the kerry foreign policy was another thing i didn't expect related in this area at this convention. typically democrats have had a hard time through the 1970's and the 1980's and 1990's talking not just about foreign policy but about the military. and in this convention, night after night, hour after hour, it would have been easy to assume that this -- the democratic party had long been the party of military families, veterans, and -- gwen: lots of chants of u.s.a. u.s.a. >> i would have loved to have seen a script earlier and how much was put in the last minute as a reaction to the republicans. gwen: they say they did not change what they planned to do. >> but i have to say when president obama and his people criticized mitt romney for not talking very much about the wars, he doesn't talk very much about the wars. the truth is he throws it in from time to time. he does the appropriate trips to bases and so forth. but never been animating part of his public conversation. he does the speeches. he has to do. but you wouldn't know by listening to him on the campaign trail t
and tied in with the kerry foreign policy was another thing i didn't expect related in this area at this convention. typically democrats have had a hard time through the 1970's and the 1980's and 1990's talking not just about foreign policy but about the military. and in this convention, night after night, hour after hour, it would have been easy to assume that this -- the democratic party had long been the party of military families, veterans, and -- gwen: lots of chants of u.s.a. u.s.a....
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>>neil: well, as the president touts his foreign policy, lawmakers are questioning that, sending a letter to the president, and secretary of state, hillary clinton, demanding 18 what they knew of the attack on benghazi. and my guest says the president may want to put off bragging. explain. >>guest: well, it is almost incomprehensible and more than many can take that we have a domestic tragedy at the same time we have this horrible, horrible preventable national security tragedy. what we finding out now is that there will be more blame, so much blame to go around starting at the white house, when they knew it, what knew and who made the decision not to rescue our form c.i.a. operatives and our military. it is almost incomprehensible when we started to overthrow qadaffi a year ago, over a year ago, we had this exact discussion. it didn't take a crystal ball to tell you and tell your viewers this is exactly what the end result was going to be. we throw out a known quantity, a very, very bad guy, qaddafi, we understand that and we arm, as i said them, al qaeda, hamas, muslim brotherhood, and
>>neil: well, as the president touts his foreign policy, lawmakers are questioning that, sending a letter to the president, and secretary of state, hillary clinton, demanding 18 what they knew of the attack on benghazi. and my guest says the president may want to put off bragging. explain. >>guest: well, it is almost incomprehensible and more than many can take that we have a domestic tragedy at the same time we have this horrible, horrible preventable national security tragedy....
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it's a collapse of our foreign policy. really what we're seeing -- >> you say a collapse of foreign policy. well, go ahead. finish your tlans and then i want to talk about that for a minute. >> sure. i think it's going to be a domestic policy debate. i'm sure romney's main message is going to be, look, it doesn't have to be this way, okay? we can create jobs, we can deal with the federal deficit, and, yes, we can have a foreign policy where we stabilize these parts of the world if we'll just act in the traditions of bipartisan foreign policy since world war ii. i think that's going to be his basic message. >> in the op-ed there was a phrase used, soft power. i guess what does that mean? what would they have done differently with libya? >> well, here's what should have happened. first, ideally you anticipate the arab spring. if you can't do that, when it happens you set forth a very clear vision of where the region ought to go, in the direction of a constitutional government. you actually get involved in these countries. yo
it's a collapse of our foreign policy. really what we're seeing -- >> you say a collapse of foreign policy. well, go ahead. finish your tlans and then i want to talk about that for a minute. >> sure. i think it's going to be a domestic policy debate. i'm sure romney's main message is going to be, look, it doesn't have to be this way, okay? we can create jobs, we can deal with the federal deficit, and, yes, we can have a foreign policy where we stabilize these parts of the world if...
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it's tenored the political realm as well as the foreign policy and national security realm, and while harry reid, the democratic leader of the senate, the majority leader in the senate, has shot down republican suggestions that there should be a watergate-style joint committee, a select committee in the parlance of washington, to look into the benghazi attacks, of course, and september 11th that left four americans dead including the american ambassador, ambassador stevens, there's always the house of representatives, and certainly, their questions, they still have many questions about what they do as conflicting tell about that testimony or about that appearance that susan rice gave almost five days after those attacks on september 16th when she said this was a spontaneous event that began as a result or reaction to that anti-muslim video that inflamed passions throughout the muslim world, and morphed into something much more sinister. you saw those two senators there today, senator conrad, many other senators that we spoke to yesterday, said that the problem was is that some of the
it's tenored the political realm as well as the foreign policy and national security realm, and while harry reid, the democratic leader of the senate, the majority leader in the senate, has shot down republican suggestions that there should be a watergate-style joint committee, a select committee in the parlance of washington, to look into the benghazi attacks, of course, and september 11th that left four americans dead including the american ambassador, ambassador stevens, there's always the...
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the foreign-policy issue. -- i would like to touch base this on the foreign-policy issue. mitt romney make a statement about having backbone than later he states that he wants to work with china. he wants to deal with pakistan. when china wants to undermine our economy by selling cheap [unintelligible] and pakistan is gearing up for work. i think we need a president who is straight forward on things. not turn the hand of the dice. host: thank you. we are getting your reaction to the debate tonight. daniel says -- at the bottom of the hour, we will replay the debate. we will have a chance to you to weigh in on a live in the work chat. c-span.org/chat from 11:30 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. eastern. caller: good evening. i am a couple months short but at the fed in my mind, i support mitt romney -- but as it stand in my mind, i support mitt romney. when i get out of college four years or eight years from now. i've wanted be able to find a job. i -- it does not seem i will be able to do so the way things have been going.
the foreign-policy issue. -- i would like to touch base this on the foreign-policy issue. mitt romney make a statement about having backbone than later he states that he wants to work with china. he wants to deal with pakistan. when china wants to undermine our economy by selling cheap [unintelligible] and pakistan is gearing up for work. i think we need a president who is straight forward on things. not turn the hand of the dice. host: thank you. we are getting your reaction to the debate...
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it's both foreign policy and domestic. expect more benghazi and lots and lots about jobs. >> tighten your seat. you are going backwards. hang on. thanks very much. >> hopefully we are all going to go forward as the president and gov. romney gear up for their next face-off. much of the no cuss is on the fiery debate between joe biden and paul ryan. many are still chris sighting the vice president over his smirks and laughs and constant interruptions. take a look. >> thank heavens we have these in place. it's in spite of their opposition. >> oh, god. >> they have given 20 waivers, and all i have to point to are the results. on two occasions we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants. that's what we do. >> i love that. i love that. >> look, this is a plan. by the way, the $6,400 number is misleading then and it's totally inaccurate now. this is a plan that's bipartisan. it has been credited by six other studies and even their own deputy campaign manager acknowledged that it wasn't correct. >> no, o. >> mr. vic
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, but foreign policy is looming large as well. i want to turn to richard engel live in kabul this morning where there is news beyond the libya crisis. there are now 50 plus insider attacks that have killed american and other coalition forces. what's the latest you can tell us on the latest attack? >> reporter: there's been another attack. it took place yesterday. but word of the insider attack is just coming to us today. in this attack, there was an american army checkpoint, a vehicle control point, and two afghan soldiers came up. they were speaking to the americans at this checkpoint. and then suddenly one of these afghan soldiers pulled out a weapon, opened fire, killed one american soldier, killed another american contractor, and then another americans in the area opened fire, killing at least three of the afghans. and this is a major problem according to statistics. at least 20% of all u.s. combat deaths this year are a result of these insider attacks. and there have been orders issued to try and separate u.s. and afghan forc
, but foreign policy is looming large as well. i want to turn to richard engel live in kabul this morning where there is news beyond the libya crisis. there are now 50 plus insider attacks that have killed american and other coalition forces. what's the latest you can tell us on the latest attack? >> reporter: there's been another attack. it took place yesterday. but word of the insider attack is just coming to us today. in this attack, there was an american army checkpoint, a vehicle...
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the candidate also disagreed over foreign policy. congressman ryan pointing to the death of four americans in libya as the administration weakness on abroad while biden said romney's campaign talks first before they know what the facts are. back to you. >>> that cbs news poll found the overall impressions of both vice presidential candidate improved after the debate. 55% of those asked if bid inis somebody they can relate to. 48% for ryan. 74% also say that about ryan about being knowledgeable and 85 for biden. >>> cbsnews.com senior political reporter breaks down last night's faceoff. >> reporter: joe biden came out very aggressive in this debate and maintained that tone throughout. to republicans he was rude. they were using the word unhinged, complaining about his smirking. for democrats it's exactly what they wanted to see. a week ago president obama was very passive in his debate against mitt romney. it was frustrating for democrats. they wanted to see him take to it mitt romney. he didn't do that. joe biden took it to paul ryan
the candidate also disagreed over foreign policy. congressman ryan pointing to the death of four americans in libya as the administration weakness on abroad while biden said romney's campaign talks first before they know what the facts are. back to you. >>> that cbs news poll found the overall impressions of both vice presidential candidate improved after the debate. 55% of those asked if bid inis somebody they can relate to. 48% for ryan. 74% also say that about ryan about being...
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they want a narrative that his administration's foreign policy is working, that his foreign policy of appeasement and apology is working and the reality is we are less respected than we have ever been in that region. makalovei said it's good to be loved and feared. if you have to pick one pick feared, and that is not his foreign policy. he would have to concede his foreign pal policy is a failure weeks before the election and i don't think that is a concession he wants to make. martha: they say this is how the situation developed, how information was collected and they caveated that statement saying they were trying to figure out exactly what happened. that is something that continues today, the investigation into exactly what type of attack this was and who is responsible. congressman i'm curious. we understand there were other people inside the consulate when this attack happened and those folks were evacuated. have you had the opportunity to talk to any of them? do you know who they are? what kind of information they are providing as to what happened that night and in the days foll
they want a narrative that his administration's foreign policy is working, that his foreign policy of appeasement and apology is working and the reality is we are less respected than we have ever been in that region. makalovei said it's good to be loved and feared. if you have to pick one pick feared, and that is not his foreign policy. he would have to concede his foreign pal policy is a failure weeks before the election and i don't think that is a concession he wants to make. martha: they say...
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foreign policy in the region. yes, the incoming president studied in the u.s., he actually taught in california for a little bit. two of these children are american citizens, he himself says he wants to have good relations with the united states. but why egypt matters for several reasons. for 30 years since the peace treaty with israel, the peace treaty has been the corner stone of their foreign policy in egypt. more importantly, the suez canal through which so much of the world's oil passes through on a daily basis, all of that matters to the u.s. in that region. if egypt becomes a democracy, there's no doubt it will have a spillover effects on other countries, there's no doubt egypt is an important lynch pin of u.s. interests across the region. >> one thing that is interesting to note here, unlike syria, even though we don't know exactly what sort of a face and what sort of a a relationship we're o be able to have with morsi, we have more leverage with egypt because th rely on our foreign aid. they're the second
foreign policy in the region. yes, the incoming president studied in the u.s., he actually taught in california for a little bit. two of these children are american citizens, he himself says he wants to have good relations with the united states. but why egypt matters for several reasons. for 30 years since the peace treaty with israel, the peace treaty has been the corner stone of their foreign policy in egypt. more importantly, the suez canal through which so much of the world's oil passes...
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>> the early indication they are going attack as naive and inexperienced in foreign policy and he has a national security victory to tout. >> greta: it seems like that argument is bifurcated to me. on one hand he gets credit for getting osama bin laden and drones have made significant strikes, but on the other hand if you look at the world, everybody is stepping down, people are arming themselves. you have north korea, india testing a long-range missile that can hit beijing. pakistan testing a missile. so step back and look at foreign policy, the world is stepping up in terms of arming, not stepping down? >> none of those things mentioned in the campaign videos talking about the osama bin laden killing. they wanted to make it a bumper sticker. >> greta: small business, has the obama campaign been bad for small business? >> you have some small business owners, they cite new regulations. whether it's good or bad depends on your point of view. he has a different view than mitt romney. of taking it as open hostility is something that democrats would outright reject. >> greta: things are t
>> the early indication they are going attack as naive and inexperienced in foreign policy and he has a national security victory to tout. >> greta: it seems like that argument is bifurcated to me. on one hand he gets credit for getting osama bin laden and drones have made significant strikes, but on the other hand if you look at the world, everybody is stepping down, people are arming themselves. you have north korea, india testing a long-range missile that can hit beijing....
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and there's a lot of foreign policy hands who say, you know what? secretary of state should be somebody who used to run -- who almost was president. you know, and the heft of a hillary clinton being replaced by the heft of a person that was a football stadium away from being president themselves, that will impress people that this secretary of state has to sit down with foreign leaders around the world. then there was another part of this administration, people here in this west wing. susan rice is somebody they know very well. they're very loyal to her. this is somebody who has worked her way up through the diplomatic ranks in a way that's different from john kerry. john kerry worked his way up to the political ranks. susan rice has done every job you need to have done in unelected politics, if you will, to be qualified, to have the resume, to have the experience to be secretary of state. and, by the way, don't forget there was also the fact that kerry and rice in some ways some could argue see the world a little bit differently. susan rice is some
and there's a lot of foreign policy hands who say, you know what? secretary of state should be somebody who used to run -- who almost was president. you know, and the heft of a hillary clinton being replaced by the heft of a person that was a football stadium away from being president themselves, that will impress people that this secretary of state has to sit down with foreign leaders around the world. then there was another part of this administration, people here in this west wing. susan...
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policy of we've seen this play with kelly o'donnell in her report about libya. we've seen this play out for both sides in that regard. it's just such dangerous territory. >> we're seeing on capitol hill today it's very clear, ruth, that politics is not completely enveloping the benghazi story. >> forget about the water's edge stuff. it is enveloping it and that's not surprising and it's obviously as kelly said envel e enveloping it from both ends questions about funding. to get back to mrs. doherty's comments i would be surprised if we hear mitt romney bring up that episode and that meeting, that sort of a what a small world it is we live in meeting again because you do not want to get on the other side of a grieving mother and talk about the mama grizzly in all of us if she doesn't want to hear him bring up her son he needs to cut it out right now. >> perhaps this will be the last word on that. >> i think so. >> ruth marcus, thank you. >> chris cizilla, thank you. up next biden versus ryan what's at stake in tomorrow's bluegrass debate. join us tomorrow live in
policy of we've seen this play with kelly o'donnell in her report about libya. we've seen this play out for both sides in that regard. it's just such dangerous territory. >> we're seeing on capitol hill today it's very clear, ruth, that politics is not completely enveloping the benghazi story. >> forget about the water's edge stuff. it is enveloping it and that's not surprising and it's obviously as kelly said envel e enveloping it from both ends questions about funding. to get back...
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did we go too right on taxes and immigration and foreign policy or where were too moderate, not ideological enough? one thing you can never be wrong on, if you lose you can't brag. if you lose, everything gets it, everything you did and nobody will admit he or she is wrong. gee reid managing editor of the grio. joy, you first and john jump m in here. seems like if you look at the trial balloons for 2016 you see the two directions of the party. people like rubio, down in florida, who's talking about the seven days of creation again. and then on the other end of the world, you have chris christie talking about how many days it's going to take us to clean up this mess from sandy. once living in the secular real world, off in the ideological, world that the right likes to get into. joy, you're shaking your head. they haven't decided to go sky high into the ideology with the old testament or become a more modern party. >> i think you picked the right person to focus on. marco rubio, be seems to be at the crossroads. there's three wings of the republican party, the evangelical right, business win
did we go too right on taxes and immigration and foreign policy or where were too moderate, not ideological enough? one thing you can never be wrong on, if you lose you can't brag. if you lose, everything gets it, everything you did and nobody will admit he or she is wrong. gee reid managing editor of the grio. joy, you first and john jump m in here. seems like if you look at the trial balloons for 2016 you see the two directions of the party. people like rubio, down in florida, who's talking...
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policy, they believe that the white house is lacking in the foreign policies. they worry that the al-qaeda affiliates were active in the campaign militias. daryl issa is holding hearings this wednesday, focusing in part on this e-mail from the embassy in tripoli, last february, asking to leave a special team in libya for another four months. the commander of that team will reportedly testify that ambassador chris stevens, who of course died in the raid, wanted to keep the team even longer but of course was let down. the 16 member team was replace by a smaller unit of agents, it is not clear how long they stayed security agents stayed. tonight, they say the original tonight, they say the original team was being fazed out as libya teams took over, and could not have prevented the fatal attack in benghazi. the top terrorism official is on his way to libya to make his own assessment tomorrow. so you can tell the white house is taking it very seriously. >> andrea mitchell in the d.c. news room, along with chuck todd, thank you both tonight. >>> there is news tonight
policy, they believe that the white house is lacking in the foreign policies. they worry that the al-qaeda affiliates were active in the campaign militias. daryl issa is holding hearings this wednesday, focusing in part on this e-mail from the embassy in tripoli, last february, asking to leave a special team in libya for another four months. the commander of that team will reportedly testify that ambassador chris stevens, who of course died in the raid, wanted to keep the team even longer but...
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>> there is no other way to look at this because look at her foreign policy and, by the way, look at what john mccain said about condi rice's nomination. we're running this story on the front page of the msnbc website right now. back then four years -- eight years ago, john mccain said the people -- the elements who were questioning condi rice's credentials, they were engaged with bitterness, they needed to move on. why has he changed his tune? what is it about susan rice? and the answer is there aren't any good foreign policy explanations for it. >> let me go to jay on this question. jay, what do you read as the issues here for the president and his personal decision? it's a huge decision he has to make in the space of a week now it looks like. >> it is a huge decision. whomever he nominates will be number four in line for the oval office in case anything happens to the president or the vice president or the speaker. you want somebody with gravitas, somebody who is tested and who, you know, can -- you feel comfortable with in trusting not only the nation but your foreign policy but
>> there is no other way to look at this because look at her foreign policy and, by the way, look at what john mccain said about condi rice's nomination. we're running this story on the front page of the msnbc website right now. back then four years -- eight years ago, john mccain said the people -- the elements who were questioning condi rice's credentials, they were engaged with bitterness, they needed to move on. why has he changed his tune? what is it about susan rice? and the answer...
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this idea of focusing on foreign policy rather than on economic policy, not a good play. you saw mitt romney try to do that early on. he was in texas, for instance, early on in this race, and talking about those issues. but, again, in texas, that's a state he is going to win. have i been quite surprised that you haven't seen mitt romney out on the stump with people like susana martinez. he hasn't been out with brian sandoval. >> you've named those names. and to that point the ad i referred to might appeal to cuban americans in florida. but we know he has to extend his reach to the latino community beyond florida. with that said, i don't know what he would present on the table with immigration, but he has allies that are available to him, successful latinos within his own party that he has not reached out to broaden a message of, i don't know, economic recovery or whatever, the american dream story that susana martinez forever offered up at the rnc. >> yeah, very powerful message. >> absolutely. >> you heard from that governor. and in reality, the republicans have a very d
this idea of focusing on foreign policy rather than on economic policy, not a good play. you saw mitt romney try to do that early on. he was in texas, for instance, early on in this race, and talking about those issues. but, again, in texas, that's a state he is going to win. have i been quite surprised that you haven't seen mitt romney out on the stump with people like susana martinez. he hasn't been out with brian sandoval. >> you've named those names. and to that point the ad i...